Few headlines generate concern in Kazakhstan like reports of protests in Zhanaozen or elsewhere in Kazakhstan’s western, oil-rich regions. On April 10, around 80 laid-off oil workers from Zhanaozen set up camp outside the Ministry of Energy in Astana, Kazakhstan’s capital. As news spread that the group of dismissed oil workers had been detained in Astana, people began to gather …
Yevgeniy Zhovtis, a prominent activist in Almaty, explains the causes and potential effects of unprecedented unrest. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev initially promised to lower fuel prices, then dismissed the government and removed former president Nursultan Nazarbayev, the symbol of the system, as the head of the powerful Security Council. In a conversation with Al Jazeera, Yevgeniy Zhovtis, an Almaty-based Kazakh human …
Protests that began over fuel prices rage in the Central Asian nation as the death toll increases. Kazakhstan’s president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, has ordered security forces to “open fire with lethal force” against protesters who he describes as “terrorists”. Timeline of protests Fuel prices The price of liquified petroleum gas doubled in price on January 1 in Zhanaozen – one litre …
Demonstrators take to the streets for a third day amid widespread anger about lifting of price caps on liquefied petroleum gas. Protests against soaring energy prices took place in Kazakhstan for a third consecutive day on Tuesday, marking a rare show of mass public dissent in the former Soviet republic. The demonstrations initially erupted during the weekend in the town …
On December 16, 2011, local and special police squads opened fire on unarmed residents in Zhanaozen, a city in Kazakhstan’s southwest. In human rights activist Galym Ageleuov’s documentary, “Zhanaozen Diary,” Ageleuov interviews Venera Popova, a city resident, who witnessed the events of the day of the massacre. She also said that “after the fire started in UzenMunaiGas’ office, protesting oil …
Welcome to the December 2021 issue of The Diplomat Magazine! Bangladesh’s Liberation War ended on December 16, 1971, making Bangladesh’s March 1971 declaration of independence a reality. Delwar Hossain, a professor at the University of Dhaka, examines the twists and turns of Bangladesh’s relationships with Pakistan – the state Bangladesh split from – and India – which backed Dhaka’s independence …
